Table E3A.
Electricity Consumption (Btu) by End Use for All Buildings, 2003

Total Electricity
Consumption (trillion Btu)

Total

Space Heat-
ing

Cool-
ing

Venti-
lation

Water Heat-
ing

Light-
ing

Cook-
ing

Refrig-
eration

Office Equip-
ment

Com-
puters

Other

All Buildings
.........................

3,559

167

481

436

88

1,340

24

381

69

156

418

Building Floorspace

(Square Feet)

1,001 to 5,000
.........................

392

19

44

18

11

96

7

138

8

12

39

5,001 to 10,000
.......................

293

18

38

18

8

95

4

57

6

10

39

10,001 to 25,000 .....................

485

26

55

52

14

184

3

57

10

20

63

25,001 to 50,000 .....................

397

18

62

55

12

140

2

37

7

17

48

50,001 to 100,000 ...................

523

28

77

78

15

202

3

35

7

20

59

100,001 to 200,000 .................

587

23

82

91

11

234

1

30

14

33

68

200,001 to 500,000 .................

381

11

55

56

6

170

2

10

8

20

46

Over 500,000
..........................

501

23

69

67

12

220

2

19

9

25

56

Principal Building
Activity

Education
................................

371

15

74

83

11

113

2

16

4

32

21

Food Sales
..............................

208

6

12

7

Q

46

2

119

2

2

10

Food Service
..........................

217

10

28

24

10

42

13

70

2

2

15

Health Care
.............................

248

6

34

42

2

105

1

8

4

10

36

Inpatient ................................

178

3

25

38

2

76

1

4

2

7

21

Outpatient .............................

69

3

9

4

(*)

28

(*)

4

2

3

15

Lodging
...................................

235

14

24

14

12

124

2

12

Q

6

24

Mercantile
...............................

733

58

109

68

38

308

2

49

8

11

83

Retail (Other Than Mall) ........

211

6

25

16

2

111

(*)

22

3

4

22

Enclosed and Strip Malls .......

523

52

84

51

36

197

2

27

5

8

61

Office
......................................

719

33

101

63

7

281

1

35

32

74

91

Public Assembly .....................

167

5

35

63

(*)

27

(*)

9

Q

3

23

Public Order and Safety .........

57

2

8

10

3

18

(*)

3

1

2

10

Religious Worship ...................

62

3

11

5

(*)

17

(*)

6

(*)

1

18

Service
...................................

149

6

15

24

(*)

63

Q

9

1

3

28

Warehouse and Storage
........

244

5

13

20

2

132

Q

36

2

5

30

Other
.......................................

133

2

16

11

Q

59

Q

10

Q

5

22

Vacant
....................................

15

1

2

1

Q

4

Q

(*)

Q

(*)

7

Year Constructed

Before 1920
............................

91

2

6

11

Q

35

1

17

2

4

12

1920 to 1945
...........................

215

4

17

30

2

92

1

26

3

8

31

1946 to 1959
...........................

247

11

28

36

5

94

2

27

4

11

30

1960 to 1969
...........................

359

13

47

53

7

127

1

42

7

19

43

1970 to 1979
...........................

689

40

89

86

18

265

4

64

14

29

80

1980 to 1989
...........................

789

42

118

82

24

298

5

74

17

39

91

1990 to 1999
...........................

823

37

123

101

22

294

7

91

18

36

93

2000 to 2003
...........................

347

17

54

37

7

136

3

41

4

10

38

Census Region
and Division

Northeast
................................

587

33

43

76

12

239

3

63

13

32

73

New England ........................

141

10

8

15

4

55

1

21

2

7

17

Middle Atlantic .......................

446

23

35

60

8

184

2

42

11

25

57

Midwest
..................................

799

53

57

109

15

313

5

92

16

36

103

East North Central .................

574

33

38

83

10

230

4

62

12

27

74

West North Central ...............

225

20

19

26

5

83

1

30

4

9

28

South
......................................

1,542

51

299

179

47

543

13

167

20

58

164

South Atlantic .......................

865

31

154

99

29

311

8

95

12

37

88

East South Central ................

196

9

26

25

5

72

1

25

2

6

24

West South Central ...............

481

11

118

54

13

160

4

47

6

15

52

West
.......................................

631

29

82

72

14

245

3

59

20

30

77

Mountain ...............................

232

13

31

27

5

94

Q

20

Q

9

27

Pacific ...................................

399

17

51

45

9

151

2

39

14

21

50

Climate Zone:
30-Year Average

Under 2,000 CDD and --

More than 7,000 HDD ............

468

35

26

66

9

180

3

62

9

18

59

5,500-7,000 HDD ..................

868

58

63

109

18

352

6

94

17

41

110

4,000-5,499 HDD ..................

645

35

66

77

14

259

3

65

19

32

75

Fewer than 4,000 HDD .........

890

26

136

108

27

330

7

101

15

35

105

2,000 CDD or More and --

Fewer than 4,000 HDD .........

689

13

190

76

21

219

5

59

8

29

70

Number of Establishments

One
.........................................

2,138

82

272

272

43

790

19

290

42

87

242

2 to 5
.......................................

616

27

80

74

14

245

3

55

13

26

78

6 to 10
.....................................

229

16

30

25

9

89

1

11

4

Q

27

11 to 20
...................................

217

16

36

25

9

82

(*)

11

3

8

27

More than 20
...........................

350

25

63

39

13

131

1

13

7

17

39

Currently Unoccupied .............

9

Q

Q

(*)

Q

3

Q

Q

Q

Q

5

Energy Sources
(more than

one may apply)

Electricity
................................

3,559

167

481

436

88

1,340

24

381

69

156

418

Natural Gas
.............................

2,534

103

323

333

51

987

18

259

47

114

300

Fuel Oil
....................................

937

40

122

129

18

389

4

47

25

52

111

District Heat
............................

344

5

25

70

4

150

1

12

5

29

43

Energy End
Uses (more than

one may apply)

Buildings with Space
Heating .

3,433

167

453

425

86

1,297

23

361

68

153

402

Buildings with Cooling .............

3,445

163

481

420

87

1,285

24

367

68

154

396

Buildings with Water Heating ..

3,379

160

458

417

88

1,262

24

362

67

152

389

Annual Consumption

(kilowatthours)

10,000 or Less .......................

13

(*)

1

1

(*)

4

(*)

2

(*)

(*)

4

10,001 to 50,000 .....................

155

8

19

10

2

55

(*)

22

3

5

29

50,001 to 100,000 ...................

187

10

23

14

4

60

1

36

4

6

28

100,001 to 500,000 .................

812

46

94

80

23

270

11

151

15

29

94

500,001 to 1,000,000 ..............

376

17

57

49

13

134

3

45

6

14

39

1,000,001 to 5,000,000 ...........

1,137

54

162

168

29

428

5

89

19

58

125

Over 5,000,000 .......................

880

33

124

114

17

388

3

35

22

44

99

See "Guide to the Tables" or "Glossary" for
further explanations of the terms used in this table. Both can be accessed
from the CBECS web site - http://www.eia.gov/consumption/commercial/.
(*)=Value rounds to zero in the units displayed.
Q=Data withheld because fewer than 20 buildings were sampled for any cell,
or because the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50 percent for
a cell in the "Total" column.

Note: Due to rounding, data may not sum to totals.
Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End
Use, Form EIA-871A, C, and E of the 2003 Commercial Buildings Energy
Consumption Survey.